The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

I'm home for the summer!! (Well, I'm home for three weeks before I move to Michigan for the summer.)My dad bought Netflix for our Bluray player. That means I get to watch hundreds of television shows and movies whenever I want. It's beautiful. My obsession since Spring Break has been watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager. There are 66 episoides, and I am on episode 25. It's a really great show. Well, I think so. Other people may disagree.
The show's theme song just makes me life. The lyrics are:

"Falling in love; It's such an easy thing to do.
Birds can do it. We can do it.
Let's stop talking. Let's get to it.
Let's fall in love."

It kinda makes me laugh. 1) I'm not entirely sure tha birds can fall in love? 2) Falling in love isn't easy. 3) The show gives a terrible depiction about love.

1) Can birds actually fall in love? I mean, they reproduce...but that doesn't really mean they can fall in love with other birds. Can they? Reminds me of the lovely Notebook quote "If you're a bird, I'm a bird."

2) Falling in love isn't an "easy thing to do." If it was, everyone would be falling in love with everyone all the time! Falling in love requires being vulnerable, honest, and letting someone into all aspects of your life. I love a LOT of people, but being "IN love" with someone is a completely different state of love. Falling in love isn't easy. It's not safe. So, The Secret Life has some serious misconceptions about love.

3) I don't think that any of the characters on the television show actually know what love is. Does anyone actually know what love is? Who defines love? When can someone know if they are falling in love? When does someone know if they are in love? Once you love one person, can you fall in love with someone else? Is love all about butterflies in your stomach? Or is it more real and deep than that? All of these questions aren't easily answered. This show gives a shallow depiction of love.

So, this is just another post about love and the questions that surround it. No conclusions have actually been made. I doubt anyone has answers to any of these questions. It's one of those things in life that you just have to figure out on your own time.

So...while you're figuring out how to fall in love, go watch the Secret Life. It's a great show. I'm watching it as I type this! :)

In His Love...the only true and perfect Love,
HG

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